West Virginia Trails Regional March Personal Income Gains
Regional and national personal incomes rose in March and the first quarter, but West Virginia lagged the six-state mid South region and the nation. The nationwide March increase was 8.7 percent and 4.4 billion dollars in Social Security and minimum wage boosts helped lift totals. The mid South states including Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Arkansas and West Virginia posted 11 percent in March and 8.7 percent for the quarter. West Virginia showed 7.4 percent in March and 5.6 percent for the first three months.
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Mingo Court Weighs Poverty Program Takeover
County Court in Mingo County considers taking over the local poverty program from the Mingo Economic Opportunity Commission. Gerald Chafin of Delbarton is proposed to head a new agency or assume control under the Green Amendment. FBI and state election investigations swirl around the Fair Election Committee connected to EOC activities. Bowdoin College honors Rev. Leon H Sullivan for founding the OIC. The Amazon River length and basin context noted.
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NAACP Told Rosy Job Picture Masks Unemployment Crisis
The NAACP speaker warned that praise of a rosy employment outlook hides underemployment among millions. He cited sharecroppers, housemaids, and other workers earning too little, noting a $5 billion potential gain if all Black workers were fully employed. The Raleigh County branch won life memberships at the event with 21 new members, drawing about 100 attendees.
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Doctor Shortage Looms strains medical education funding
Washington lawmakers seek to expand a Kennedy era medical education program to avert a looming physician and dentist shortfall. Proposals aim to raise operating subsidies to 210 million by 1972 while construction aid is cut due to Viet Nam war costs, threatening new and existing school expansion.
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